I got my son the Hidden Side Laboratory set ($20) and he really likes it. The AR game seems pretty well finished. He's a Scooby Doo fan, so anything with ghosts and spooky stuff he's into.
I saw the Hidden Side sets at the Lego Store over the weekend. I like them, pretty cool but a lot of them look like slightly updated, variations of the Monster Hunters sets, which was a really fun line.
Managed to get the vampire hearse from a garage sale for my son and he was thrilled. Monster Fighters was slightly before his time.
Yeah saw them with my daughter yesterday at Target.... She seemed just ok with them but she's not really into "scary" stuff (even if it's silly scary). We probably won't get any unless/until they are on clearance. Too many sublines to collect these days and we have a huge backlog of sets to build already. She was really bummed when they discontinued Elves, but unbeknownst to her I stealthily picked up nearly every set for her so we have a lot more of those to get through. I don't like the Hidden Side boxes very much, it's really hard to tell what the set is unless you look at the back and see the model pictures.
Yeah I agree about the boxes, I had to look at the back to figure out what they do, what's all included. I have every Monster Fighters set except the castle. A lot of them I got on clearance too, like the Ghost Train. The Target exclusive Zombie set I tracked down and got the last in my area. Also got lucky with the Target ghost clock polybag which turned out to be pretty popular then scarce when they came out. The Haunted House is an all time favorite set and one that I will never part with.
That Friends set looks great. I do wish it had been the apartment, though I guess now that we are getting the figures I can just MOC one up myself.
So we've got for episode 9 sets. Rey Finn Poe Sith Trooper Kylo Ren Blue R2 Droid Other Stormtrooper I can't name Lando 3 Knights of Ren Zorri Bliss Hoping those set reveals are just around the corner. If not yet, then maybe some more minifigure leaks like more Mandalorian.